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<br />DRAFT
<br />Revised July 23, 1998
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<br />under the terms of the official controls as now written, if the official controls had
<br />been in effect prior to the date it was established, recorded or authorized.
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<br />2.734 Ordinary high water level. "Ordinary high water level" means the boundary of
<br />public waters and wetlands, and shall be an elevation delineating the highest water
<br />level which has been maintained for a sufficient period of time to leave evidence
<br />upon the landscape, commonly that point where the natural vegetation changes
<br />from predominantly aquatic to predominantly terrestrial. For watercourses, the
<br />ordinary high water level is the elevation of the top of the bank of the channel. For
<br />reservoirs and flowages, the ordinary high water level is the operating elevation of
<br />the normal summer pool.
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<br />2.735 Planned unit development. "Planned unit development" means a type of
<br />development characterized by a unified site design for a number of dwelling units
<br />or dwelling sites on a parcel, whether for sale, rent, or lease, and also usually
<br />involving clustering of these units or sites to provide areas of common open space,
<br />density increases, and a mix of structure types and land uses. These developments
<br />may be organized and operated as condominiums, time-share condominiums,
<br />cooperatives, full fee ownership, commercial enterprises, or any combination of
<br />these, or cluster subdivisions of dwelling units, residential condominiums,
<br />townhouses, apartment buildings, campgrounds, recreational vehicle parks, resorts,
<br />hotels, motels, and conversions of structures and land uses to these uses. .
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<br />2.736 Public waters. "Public waters" means any waters as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
<br />section 103G.005, subdivisions 15 and 15a.
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<br />2.737 Residential planned unit development. "Residential planned unit development"
<br />means a use where the nature of residency is non-transient and the major or
<br />primary focus of the development is not service-oriented. For example, residential
<br />apartments, manufactured home parks, time-share condominiums, townhouses,
<br />cooperatives, and full fee ownership residences would be considered as residential
<br />planned unit developments. To qualify as a residential planned unit development,
<br />a development must contain at least five dwelling units or sites.
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<br />2.738 Semipublic use. "Semipublic use" means the use of land by a private, nonprofit
<br />organization to provide a public service that is otdinarily open to some persons
<br />outside the regular constituency of the organization.
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<br />2.739 Sensitive resource management. "Sensitive resource management" means the
<br />preservation and management of areas unsuitable for development in their natural
<br />state due to constraints such as shallow soils over groundwater or bedrock, highly
<br />erosive or expansive soils, steep slopes, susceptibility to flooding, or occurrence
<br />of flora or fauna in need of special protection.
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<br />2.740 Setback. "Setback" means the minimum horizontal distance between a structure,
<br />sewage treatment system, or other facility and an ordinary high water level, sewage
<br />treatment system, top of a bluff, road, highway, property line, or other facility.
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